The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1887-08-27
COURTESY IN pvel,c
4 ciass Of Women Who r.
fully He Called J AM. Not r,.,.

1t is a strange thing a aaals.
!, ,,,,,, true: that people ,wssse e
think Of being rude to , a t,, would nd
acquaintance are very o,.a ,rlend Or a
a s,seou in public sa,h the no'
strangers. More particuis, r'1nerins d
o arae OF a certain class Of won,a Is thi'
appear to think strangers s", lei whd
claim 81 .na whatever upon their nave nave nd
IL they are in a crowd thew , courtesy
i push no matter who Il is ', ,sa. and
their way until they get to ws taat i is (
wish to go. With them ,b "ns s' the]
must 60 to the wall without s .ss
crowd Of any size some Of than saers is
are always found there. Ev vss sG ~
child is showed out Of , h,tn lt'l
c c as a fold Of their d say'
81 Some ,. one may call their atte uts''s
'he l''1ie one, thinking thew diI
notice it or surely thew vo ua
crowd and jam it until it could G's ,saI
ly breathe. They indipn,nt a 'ea'e
why don't its mother keen # ', l hp
crowd is no place for a chi i :, non %
never think of asking, has thu ,,; IN
mother' for if it has, to be- s sna.
ought to be at home, for eror ,ste =
place for a child; yet, whether + NJ
mother or not, the child is thor. Da
while it is alone. all women sboni
at such a time as its mother ,na
that tits protected. Guy
They are frequently found =,
theater or other places Of amusen..
and here their politeness is Of ~,
the same stamp as in the crowd M NV
street. They are comfortably ss a
taking a quiet survey of ali ,,a"
them, when an usher requests them
rise SO that lady and gentleman
get to the two seats beyond. In,ts
of rising willingly with n,s,
ant smile or word, they i
slowly, turn up the seats, look
dignantly at the intruders as tbon'
they had wilfully and dcsignedly bono
those seats to inconvenience thss
bow stiffly, or do not notice when i
gentleman apologies for disturbir
them, and reseat themselves with
look on their faces of resigned M,
tyrs. They certainly must be aw,
that the gentleman had no inteptil
whatever OF annoying them; he pro
ably had no idea, only in q yeuer
way, of just where his seats would
He is perfectly guiltless of
thought of annoying them, yet Ind
behavior gives him an uncomfor,al
feeling, and if it does not spoil his
joy mcnt for the evening, it is sod
time before he is in as comfortable
state of mind as he was before me
ing these women.
They can be met almost any d,
during some part of it, on the car
on the steam cars, they always wa
to occupy two seats at once, one
sit on the other for bundles, thou
they may have but one
two of the latter, and very often MOI
and use the extra seat to hold tb
wrap or, perhaps, small sachel.
be sure, if there are plenty of seats
the other passengers it does not m
ter, but when the other seats are
occupied. it isn't fair that any d
should stand while bundles or vrs
occupy a seat. Some one politely a
If the seat is engaged, and receives
reply n curt mo" or in place Of d
only n quick jerk Of the articles off
seat. 1t may be uncomfortable o.
close, sultry day for them to be at
crowded. but il doesn't make ii .
more comfortable to fuss oyerlt,
there is every reason on day such
this for them to keep cool.
They enter horse car and find
seats occupied, and gentleman 9
erously gives them his seat. Theysi
into it with naughty nod or with1
any acknowledgment whatever, wit
look on their faces as though it
only what he should do and
were entitled to it. A man has just
much right to a seat in a car as
as he pays his fare, as a woman
no more nor no less. There is no
to compel a man to give his seat
woman but that which is recosnl
by all true gentlemen. the law
chivalry, and that the followers
this law are getting so rare Is IN
due to women such as these acc'F
a service rendered them as matte
course. II y seat is worth aeeep
it is certainly worth an 'Ithansy0
and women who refuse to acSno
edge courtesy such as this deser v
stand. even though the car be laa
men all occupying seats.
These women would be lph's"
should any one even hint 'na'
were not ladies. yet by Their oNA
tons they tend to give out TINS lnI
sion. A true lady seldom torses
acknowledge n courtesy IN Priv
and never in public. 1t is the y!
ton of all women to be ladies' aA1
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